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On August 25, 1916, President Woodrow Wilson signed legislation that created the National Park Service. The National Park Service Organic Act, [1] or the Organic Act as referred to within the National Park Service, is a United States federal law that established the National Park Service (NPS), an agency of the United States Department of the Interior.
National parks in the United States are created by United States Congress legislation as per the National Park Service Organic Act. [1] However, most parks are first proposed by members of the public, states, local entities, tribal nations, members of Congress, or even the National Park Service itself.
The National Park Service Organic Act stated that the agency "shall promote and regulate the use of the Federal areas known as national parks, monuments, and reservations hereinafter specified by such means and measures as conform to the fundamental purpose of the said parks, monuments, and reservations, which purpose is to conserve the scenery ...
The Act Establishing Yellowstone National Park (1872) The First Organic Act for Alaska, 1884; The Oklahoma Organic Act of 1889, established the Oklahoma Territory; The Hawaiian Organic Act, enacted in 1900, established a government for the Territory of Hawaii; The Foraker Act or Organic Act of 1900, established civilian government in Puerto Rico.
1916 – National Park Service Organic Act created the National Park Service. 1918 – Migratory Bird Treaty Act creates protections for migratory birds. 1947 – Los Angeles Air Pollution Control District created; first air pollution agency in the US. 1948 – Federal Water Pollution Control Act; 1955 – National Air Pollution Control Act
The Redwood Act [1] (also Redwood amendment) is a 1978 amendment to the US National Park Service General Authorities Act of 1970. The amendment is particularly notable for clarifying and supplementing the 1970 act and the National Park Service Organic Act of 1916 with the following two important sentences as the second and third to the General Authorities Act:
On August 25, 1916, President Woodrow Wilson signed the National Park Service Organic Act that mandated the agency "to conserve the scenery and the natural and historic objects and wildlife therein, and to provide for the enjoyment of the same in such manner and by such means as will leave them unimpaired for the enjoyment of future generations".
The Organic Act of 1916 created the National Park Service "to conserve the scenery and the natural and historic objects and wildlife therein, and to provide for the enjoyment of the same in such manner and by such means as will leave them unimpaired for the enjoyment of future generations."